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In spite of that, Arends isn't sure he'll ever experience something like being center stage at Wells Fargo Arena, face-to-face with a good friend in Jesup's Brian Sadler with the 285-pound title on the line.

There are hard fought victories, and then there are knock down, drag out brawls that more closely resemble a bare knuckle boxing match than a basketball game. Friday night’s Class 2A regional semifinal matchup between Grundy Center and Aplington-Parkersburg fell into the latter category.
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DES MOINES -- Chase Arends and Brian Sadler will see their wrestling lives come full circle on Saturday night.
The heavyweights from Dike-New Hartford and Jesup will be part of the main event of the championship session that begins at 6 p.m. with the grand march, followed by finals for all three classes.
Arends and Sadler go way, way...

PARKERSBURG- Mid-Iowa Cooperative’s northward expansion entered a new phase last week with the announcement of an initial investment in the Sinclair Elevator near Parkersburg and plans to buy a controlling stake at a later date.
“It’ll be a gradual process...

DIKE – Over the last trimester, a group of Dike-New Hartford students have been hard at work on a unique project that aims to solve a variety of world issues through science; and next Tuesday, they will showcase their work to the public at a Science Social.
D-NH High School Science Teacher Chelsie Slaba tasked the freshmen in her Physical...

For the better part of the last two years, BCLUW Middle School science teacher Evan Ascherl has been giving orders to students. For the next few months, however, he’ll get used to taking them upon returning to his other job as a mechanic in the Air National Guard and deploying in Afghanistan.
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